Current food web models cannot explain the overall topological structure of observed food webs

Oikos

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 97-109

  W Fox, Jeremy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

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FOOD WEB; TOPOLOGY;

EID: 33749466781     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2006.0030-1299.14868.x     Document Type: Article

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